The Garden at Kingswood
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Bath for children from birth to 5, open 00:00 to 24:00, 7 days a week. £88.00 a day for 3-4 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2018, with 46 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full day (no funding) · £92.00 · £88.00
One published rate, dated 2026/27. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
8 hours’ funding for a full funded day; or 4 hours’ funding for a funded half day.
Worth knowing. Parents may choose to access only their funded childcare entitlement without purchasing the Enhanced Provision. Under this option: attendance is restricted to the funded hours only (8.45am–4.45pm); early drop-off and late collection are not available; parents must provide all food and consumables... children will not participate in specialist sessions or certain enhanced activities funded through the Enhanced Provision.
What childcare usually costs in Bath and North East Somerset
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bath and North East Somerset from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BA1 5SDWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 11 June 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 14 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children are safe and secure in this calming, nurturing nursery. Staff welcome children happily. They settle quickly and engage with learning on offer. Children form strong attachments with staff and confidently seek them for support and reassurance where needed. Staff know all children very well and are tuned into their needs and interests.
The provider and the staff work closely together to construct and deliver a broad and ambitious curriculum. They create exciting learning opportunities that are meaningful and tailored to children's individual needs. Staff create opportunities for babies to pull to standing at low-level, table-top activities to develop their core strength ready for walking. Older children develop their early listening and attention skills when staff excitedly engage them in an activity of 'What's in the box?' Children are eager to join in and keen to identify pictures and items from the box. They beam with pride when staff praise them for having a go.
Staff imbed the importance of healthy living from a young age. Babies have daily access to fresh air and exercise. They explore the local green areas and observe the changes in seasons. Specially trained staff provide older children with weekly forest school sessions, where they develop their physical skills and learn how to assess risks in a safe, supportive environment. Children receive balanced meals that are freshly prepared on site. Children learn the impact of positive health and well-being from a young age.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to use consistent strategies to help all children to understand the expectations and to learn from all experiences.
- 14 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 15 September 2022Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Garden at Kingswood
- Youngest age taken
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £88.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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